Table 1.

Treatment means (±SEM) for place cell firing properties during recording sessions 1 and 2 from the VEH and CORT condition

PropertySession 1Session 2
Pre-VEHPre-CORTPost-VEHPost-CORT
Firing rate, Hz1.25 ± 0.121.30 ± 0.131.09 ± 0.131.66 ± 0.14***,##
Field size, cm2484.37 ± 17.64497.08 ± 18.85485.50 ± 15.63522.95 ± 16.71
Peak rate, Hz10.11 ± 0.728.98 ± 0.779.30 ± 0.9010.95 ± 0.96**
Infield rate, Hz5.13 ± 0.394.69 ± 0.414.75 ± 0.475.68 ± 0.50*
Outfield rate, Hz0.18 ± 0.020.21 ± 0.020.15 ± 0.030.30 ± 0.03***,##
Spatial info, bits/s7.50 ± 0.566.20 ± 0.607.33 ± 0.665.98 ± 0.70
Running speed, cm/s23.94 ± 0.9621.99 ± 1.0724.21 ± 0.8022.60 ± 0.89
  • *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001, compared to the CORT condition in session 1;

  • ##p < 0.01 compared to the VEH condition in session 2 (Bonferroni test).